About 3000 people using NBN: Quigley

NBN Co chief executive Mike Quigley says about 3000 people now have services on the national broadband network (NBN), including people on the interim satellite service, and people at sites in Tasmania and five sites on the mainland.

NBN Co is the company tasked with the NBN rollout.

"It's a growing number as we start building out new developments," Mr Quigley told reporters at the launch of NBN Co's $32.5 million operations centre in Melbourne's Docklands on Friday.

"It is now starting to grow quite rapidly and we are very happy with the rate at which that take-up is taking place."

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was asked if he expected the take-up rate of 11 per cent to increase as the NBN was rolled down the street.

"The deal with Telstra, and Optus, means that every single fixed-line customer in Australia will be on the NBN," he said.

"A debate that says you only have 3,000 customers representing only 11 per cent of what you've rolled out so far is just to ignore the fact that we have a deal with Telstra where we're cutting the copper (network) off, they're closing it down, and in some cases they may take the copper out of the ground," he said.

Senator Conroy said the figure was on target with early predictions and any company overseas engaged in a similar roll-out would say the NBN Co rollout rate was "fantastic".

Senator Conroy said that as he moved around the country, people wanted to know when the NBN would come to their suburb and house.

He said the NBN rollout over the next three years would cover all parts of Australia, with a balance between regional and metropolitan areas, and states.

"I think that NBN Co will surprise you with the sheer size of the rollout plan for the next three years," Senator Conroy said.

The three-year rollout plan would be announced early in the new year, he said.